The layers that you access in the Layers tab of the Project pane or in the Timeline are containers for objects. But they are also object themselves. This fact means that you can select a layer and change its Position, Rotation, Scale, and other parameters just like you can with any other object. The transformations are applied to all objects contained in the layer. The difference is that when you select a layer, there is only one bounding box and one anchor point, so all objects transform around that anchor point (Figure 4.29).
To apply transformations to a layer:
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2. | Do one of the following:
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✓ Tip
If you want all the objects in a layer to scale, rotate, or shear around their own anchor points rather than the anchor point of the layer, then select all the objects directly and transform them, rather than selecting the layer.